| 1 | Jan Egil Storholt (Senior) | NOR | 1:59.38 | OR, TR | - |
| 2 | Jurij Kondakov (Senior) | URS | 1:59.97 | SB | +0.590 |
| 3 | Hans van Helden (Senior) | NED | 2:00.87 | | +1.490 |
| 4 | Sergej Rjabev (Senior) | URS | 2:02.15 | | +2.770 |
| 5 | Dan Carroll (Senior) | USA | 2:02.26 | | +2.880 |
| 6 | Piet Kleine (Senior) | NED | 2:02.28 | | +2.900 |
| 7 | Eric Heiden (A1) | USA | 2:02.40 | TRJ | +3.020 |
| 8 | Colin V. Coates (M30) | AUS | 2:03.34 | | +3.960 |
| 9 | Klaus Wunderlich (Senior) | GDR | 2:03.48 | | +4.100 |
| 10 | Olavi Köppä (Senior) | FIN | 2:03.69 | | +4.310 |
| 11 | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (Neo) | NOR | 2:03.75 | | +4.370 |
| 12 | Herbert Schwarz (Neo) | FRG | 2:03.76 | SB | +4.380 |
| 13 | Sergej Martsjuk (Senior) | URS | 2:04.45 | | +5.070 |
| 14 | Gaétan Boucher (A1) | CAN | 2:04.63 | | +5.250 |
| 15 | Terje.52 Andersen (Senior) | NOR | 2:04.65 | | +5.270 |
| 16 | Dan.50 Johansson (Senior) | SWE | 2:04.73 | | +5.350 |
| 17 | Lennart.51 Carlsson (Senior) | SWE | 2:04.76 | | +5.380 |
| 18 | Yeong-Ha Lee (A2) | KOR | 2:05.25 | | +5.870 |
| 19 | Bruno Toniolli (M30) | ITA | 2:05.66 | SB | +6.280 |
| 20 | Richard Tourne (Senior) | FRA | 2:06.43 | | +7.050 |
| 21 | Masahiko Yamamoto (A2) | JPN | 2:06.47 | SB | +7.090 |
| 22 | Mats Wallberg (Senior) | SWE | 2:08.72 | | +9.340 |
| 23 | Mike Woods (Senior) | USA | 2:08.77 | | +9.390 |
| 24 | Geoffrey Sandys (Senior) | GBR | 2:09.17 | SB | +9.790 |
| 25 | Floriano Martello (Senior) | ITA | 2:09.68 | | +10.300 |
| 26 | Ludwig Kronfuß (Senior) | AUT | 2:11.17 | SB | +11.790 |
| 27 | Franz Krienbühl (M45) | SUI | 2:12.52 | | +13.140 |
| 28 | Gilbert van Eesbeeck (Neo) | BEL | 2:12.74 | | +13.360 |
| 29 | Berend Schabus (A1) | AUT | 2:15.41 | | +16.030 |
| 30 | Giovanni Panciera (Neo) | ITA | 2:33.52 | | +34.140 |